AAON CFO Rebecca Thompson Named 2022 STEP Ahead Award Honoree
April 13 2022 - 7:00AM
The Manufacturing Institute has named AAON (NASDAQ: AAON) CFO
Rebecca Thompson a 2022 STEP Ahead Award Honoree. Ms. Thompson is
being recognized for her leadership at AAON and in the community.
The STEP Ahead Awards honor women who have
demonstrated excellence and leadership in their careers and
represent all levels of the manufacturing industry, from the
factory floor to the C-suite.
“I am honored to be a 2022 STEP Ahead Awards
recipient,” said Rebecca Thompson. “I am very thankful for AAON’s
support for women leaders and excited to be recognized alongside
this impressive group of women in manufacturing.”
“We appreciate Rebecca’s contributions within
our company and in the community,” said AAON CEO Gary Fields. “We
are proud she was selected to be recognized as one of the women
making a difference in our industry.”
“The 2022 STEP Ahead Honorees and Emerging
Leader awardees are excellent representatives of the exciting
opportunities available in manufacturing,” said Denise Rutherford,
2022 STEP Ahead chair. “These remarkable women and the leadership
they show help inspire next generation of female leaders to
consider careers in manufacturing.”
“The STEP Ahead Awards are central to the
industry’s efforts to recognize and empower women,” said MI
President Carolyn Lee. “Our Honorees and Emerging Leaders serve as
role models and have their own multiplier effect on the number of
women in the workforce, paying it forward to help others find their
way into a successful, rewarding career in modern manufacturing.
After 10 years of STEP Ahead Awards, we’ve honored more than 1,100
women leaders in manufacturing, who in turn have impacted hundreds
of thousands of individuals through mentoring and volunteer work.
We’re so proud of all these women, and we can’t wait to see what
STEP and its Honorees and Emerging Leaders will accomplish in the
next 10 years.”
The STEP Women’s Initiative is the nation’s
marquee program to close the gender gap in manufacturing. STEP
works to foster a 21st-century manufacturing workforce by
empowering and inspiring women in the manufacturing industry
through recognition, research and leadership, as well as by
motivating alumnae to pay it forward by mentoring the next
generation. The STEP Ahead Awards honor exceptional women in
manufacturing and motivate them to mentor the next generation
through an annual awards gala and associated leadership training
program. The stories of these women and the leadership they show
will help inspire next-generation female leaders in manufacturing
and support current female talent within the industry. In the
program’s first five years, STEP Ahead Award winners impacted more
than 300,000 individuals—from peers in the industry to school-age
children.
The biggest challenge facing manufacturers
continues to be the growing workforce crisis—the shortage of
skilled talent to fill open positions. Manufacturers can close the
skills gap by 50% simply by bringing 10% more women into the
industry. Women account for about half of the U.S. labor force but
represent less than one-third of the manufacturing workforce. STEP
Ahead empowers and inspires women in the manufacturing industry.
The goal is to build networks for women to have support in their
industry and to elevate the role models who can motivate and mentor
the next generation.
On April 28, the MI will recognize 130
recipients of the STEP Ahead Awards in Washington, D.C. The STEP
Ahead Awards program will highlight each Honoree and Emerging
Leader’s story, including their leadership and accomplishments in
manufacturing.
About AAONAAON is engaged in
the engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and sale of air
conditioning and heating equipment consisting of standard,
semi-custom, and custom rooftop units, chillers, packaged outdoor
mechanical rooms, air handling units, condensing units, makeup air
units, energy recovery units, geothermal/water-source heat pumps,
coils, and controls. Since the founding of AAON in 1988, AAON has
maintained a commitment to design, develop, manufacture and deliver
heating and cooling products to perform beyond all expectations and
demonstrate the value of AAON to our customers. For more
information, please visit www.AAON.com.
About The Manufacturing
InstituteThe Manufacturing Institute grows and supports
the manufacturing industry’s skilled workers for the advancement of
modern manufacturing. The MI’s diverse initiatives support all
American workers, including women, veterans and students, through
skills training programs, community building and the advancement of
their career in manufacturing. As the workforce development and
education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, the
MI is a trusted adviser to manufacturers, equipping them with
resources necessary to solve the industry’s toughest challenges.
For more information, please visit
www.themanufacturinginstitute.org.
Contact Information:Stephanie ReganCorporate
Citizenship Manager918-688-9796Stephanie.regan@aaon.com
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